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Marginopora

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Taxonomy

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Marginopora Cushman p. 55
1988Marginopora Loeblich and Tappan
2002Marginopora Sepkoski
2003Marginopora Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySoritidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusMarginopora

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (149841)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia M. sp. (164753)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands M. sp. (43339)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia M. sp. (168782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands M. sp. (43320)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu M. vertebralis (77904)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (South Australia) M. vertebralis (63379 63380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Marshall Islands M. sp. (43338)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126New Caledonia M. vertebralis (89431)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117New Caledonia M. vertebralis (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Marshall Islands M. sp. (43336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mauritius M. sp. (81017) M. vertebralis (81015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Seychelles M. sp. (81013)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte M. sp. (209858)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands M. sp. (43306)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) M. vertebralis (63358 63359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles M. sp. (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau M. sp. (97446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) M. sp. (97453)